Poetry Readers Challenge discussion

The poems in this book are so elegant and gorgeous. The poems seem light and delicate like they are floating. This is the first book by Cathy Song that I've read, so I don't know if she writes like this all the time, but I loved the tone. She won Yale Younger Poets Prize for this book. I haven't really heard anything about her or seen her poetry around. I don't know why that is, but I am going to try to find more of her work. I hope there is more!

The book is broken into sections and I like section III Orchids the best. That section is about women as subjects for art.

There are some great poems in the book about Georgia O'Keefe, who I didn't know a lot about. Song gave me enough information to enjoy those poems without over explaining.

Line breaks are a mystery to me, but I felt like Song's lines and stanzas made a lot of sense. The titles overall were fine, but nothing special.

My favorites in the book:

Ikebana
A Pale Arrangement of Hands
Seamstress
From the White Place

This sounds really good, Valerie. I'm going to check her out. I used to be a huge fan of Georgie O'Keefe, even visiting her ranch in New Mexico. Thanks for reviewing.